Vegetable-cutter.



J. F. BITTER.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER. APPLICAIION man JULY 29,1918.

Patented 12111.14, 1919.

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JAMES F. BITTER, OF SEATTLE, WASHING-TON.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. it, 1919.

Application filed July 29, 1918. Serial No. 247,117.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs F. BITTER, citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in vegetable cutters and has for its principal object to provide an improved and novel vegetable cutter which embodies inter- I changeable cutters and simplicity of condti struction which facilitates cleaning and cost of manufacture; to provide simple and eflicient interchangeable cutters.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a cutter. Fig. i is a similar view of an interchangeable cutter for cutting string vegetables. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of the cutter in Fig. 4.. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the device as shown in Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to the drawings numeral 1 indicates a looped frame formed of a continuous wire or bar bent into a four bar frame as shownv with the outer ends offset as at 2 and the inner ends brought together into a common downwardly bent bracket 3 which is adapted to fit into a wall. socket (not shown). The upper bars of the frame support front and back ties 4 and 5 respectively and the lower bars carry a sliding cutter carriage 6 which is reciprocated by a link 7 and a crank 8. An adjustable vegetable holder 9 rests loosely on the upper bars and is retained by racks 10 cut in the bars. A cutter 11 is removably set in slot-s cut in the carriage 6 and is formed of one piece stamped on and sharpened as at 12 to out both going and coming. The center of the cutter is depressed as at 13 to stiffen it. An interchangeable shoe string cutter 14 is adapted to replace the cutter l1 and has separate holes 15 in the carriage for it. The cutter 14: is fOII'l'lBd. from a single piece of metal and has both horizontal knives 16 and vertical knives 17 in order to cut shoe strings of vegetables. In operation the vegetable is placed on the carriage and against the holder 9 and the carriage reciprocated so that the cutter shoves off the vegetable both going and coming. The device may be taken apart and cleaned by disconnecting the link and crank after which the carriage can be slid ofii the open end of the frame.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will read- :ily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I therefore desire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the class described the combination of a frame formed of a continuous bar bent in the form of parallel upper and lower frames with offset outer ends, a carriage slidably mounted on the lower. frame bars, a cutter removably mounted on the carriage, a holder adjustably mounted on the upper frame bars and in parallel relationship to the cutter, whereby when the cutter and carriage are reciprocated a vegetable to be cut may be held.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. BITTER.

Witnesses IVIARGUERITE LYDEE, FRED. P. GoRIN.

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